Gary! Time to swap projects!
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Ah yes mopar...
I would like to get a hold of a early 70's or a 1978 Dodge Monaco someday. Perferably an old police cruiser, with all the heavy duty components. The county here had several in Lt. Blue/white scheme. They could flat outrun anything at the time.
You couldn't throw a cat without hitting one of them in the 80's. Taxi Cabs, Fire Marshal Cars, Police Cruisers, even the standard family versions...
You can thank Hollywood that most of them are gone...saw one in the wrecking yard about 5 years ago. All that was left was an empty shell.
I would like to get a hold of a early 70's or a 1978 Dodge Monaco someday. Perferably an old police cruiser, with all the heavy duty components. The county here had several in Lt. Blue/white scheme. They could flat outrun anything at the time.
You couldn't throw a cat without hitting one of them in the 80's. Taxi Cabs, Fire Marshal Cars, Police Cruisers, even the standard family versions...
You can thank Hollywood that most of them are gone...saw one in the wrecking yard about 5 years ago. All that was left was an empty shell.
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I think he's right: Motor-heads. Gear-heads. The love of things that GO. I was sorta reminded of that on Friday when a young man, ~16, brought his first car over for me to check it out. We'd start to look at something like the CV joint boots and he would ask 4 other questions. Pretty soon I was thinking "Dude! Let me just get one thing done before hitting me with four more." But, I didn't say it as I remembered what I was like with my first car. Just like him I was into everything, wanting it all to be perfect, needing to understand what each part did, etc. I'll make a gear-head of him yet.
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Bill - It is even better than that. He is Russian and was adopted about 3 years ago by a family we know at church. At first he wouldn't talk to anyone, but he's been gradually opening up. A few months ago he was over to work on something and he talked a little bit. Then he brought another car over for me to inspect, but it was junk so I told him to pass. Now they got a good deal on this Honda and he's like a kid in a candy shop. Can't quit talking about it. I'm so pleased that he is opening up and that he is coming over to work on things.
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From where in Russia? I've been there ~half-dozen times but mostly to only 3 different locales:
- Kondopoga
- St. Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Moscow
Have a friend there who lived in Murmansk for a while as a kid, is now in SPB.
- Kondopoga
- St. Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Moscow
Have a friend there who lived in Murmansk for a while as a kid, is now in SPB.
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Somewhere in Ukraine. Could find out if you wanted.
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This 1978 Monaco is pretty interesting to say the least... 
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48726...01307&pid=15.1
I like these other three as well... Two coupes and a station wagon...
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47929...57228&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47351...25878&pid=15.1
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.46454...39361&pid=15.1
My favorites are the sedans though...
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.50564...46819&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47181...69506&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48286...57538&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48759...24894&pid=15.1
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48726...01307&pid=15.1
I like these other three as well... Two coupes and a station wagon...
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47929...57228&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47351...25878&pid=15.1
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.46454...39361&pid=15.1
My favorites are the sedans though...
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.50564...46819&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.47181...69506&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48286...57538&pid=15.1
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48759...24894&pid=15.1
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From: SW Kansas
I think he's right: Motor-heads. Gear-heads. The love of things that GO. I was sorta reminded of that on Friday when a young man, ~16, brought his first car over for me to check it out. We'd start to look at something like the CV joint boots and he would ask 4 other questions. Pretty soon I was thinking "Dude! Let me just get one thing done before hitting me with four more." But, I didn't say it as I remembered what I was like with my first car. Just like him I was into everything, wanting it all to be perfect, needing to understand what each part did, etc. I'll make a gear-head of him yet.
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My now 16 year old granddaughter is like that. Her parents have a line on and now committed to buying a 1995 E-150 conversion van with a 351 and E4OD. She wanted all the mechanical details and wnts to go with them to WV to pick it up. Should be fun, a 4 + hour trip in dad's F-150.
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My now 16 year old granddaughter is like that. Her parents have a line on and now committed to buying a 1995 E-150 conversion van with a 351 and E4OD. She wanted all the mechanical details and wnts to go with them to WV to pick it up. Should be fun, a 4 + hour trip in dad's F-150.